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גֹּשֶׁן

Transliteration Goshen		Pronunciation gō'·shen (Key)
Part of Speech proper locative noun		Root Word (Etymology) Probably of Egyptian origin
TWOT Reference 390

Goshen = "drawing near"

1) a region in northern Egypt, east of the lower Nile, where the children of Israel lived from the time of Joseph to the time of Moses

2) a district in southern Palestine between Gaza and Gibeon

3) a town in the mountains of Judah probably in the district of Goshen

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Strong's Number H1657 matches the Hebrew גֹּשֶׁן (Goshen), which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in Exd of the Hebrew concordance of the KJV
Page 1 / 1 (Exd 8:22 - Exd 9:26)
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Exd 8:22	And I will sever ⁶³⁹⁵ in that day ³¹¹⁷ the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Goshen¹⁶⁵⁷, in which my people ⁵⁹⁷¹ dwell ⁵⁹⁷⁵ , that no ¹¹¹⁵ swarms ⁶¹⁵⁷ [of flies] shall be ¹⁹⁶¹ there; to the end ⁴⁶¹⁶ thou mayest know ³⁰⁴⁵ that I [am] the LORD ³⁰⁶⁸ in the midst ⁷¹³⁰ of the earth ⁷⁷⁶.
Exd 9:26	Only in the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Goshen¹⁶⁵⁷, where the children ¹¹²¹ of Israel ³⁴⁷⁸ [were], was there no hail ¹²⁵⁹.

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